MSDanceConnection -- TV & Film

Dance on TV and in the Movies

Dance on Television:

OFFICIAL ABC show website
Visit the BBC's original: Strictly Come Dancing
D.W.T.S. in Australia & The Netherlands

You can find lots of archived videos for most Dancing With The Stars performances on YouTube and complete current shows at the ABC Show's website!

So You Think You Can Dance
Competitors dance Latin, Disco, Salsa, Hip Hop and other styles of dance.

Other dance related TV show archives:
Ballroom Bootcamp
The Original Dance Fever
Makin' It
Fame
American Bandstand
(...even more on Bandstand dancing)

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Dance in the Movies:

Saturday Night Fever
Launched Disco Fever & Travolta's career. (1977)

"Urban Cowboy"
Country & Western became cool with this 1980 John Travolta film.

"Dirty Dancing"
The 1987 hit!
Trailer

Dirty Dancing
"Havana Nights"
The original is better. Trailer

"Let It Be Me"
1995 film Staring Patrick Stewart & Jennifer Beals from "Flashdance"

"Roseland"
1977 film set in one of America's premiere Ballrooms. Features a young Christopher Walken.

Thank God It's Friday
A Disco dance contest is the centerpiece (1978)
watch it here.

"Strictly Ballroom"
1992 Spoof of Competitive Ballroom Dancing. Set in Australia.

"Swing Kids"
Set in Germany before World War II. Helped re-popularize Swing in the 1990's.

"Mad Hot Ballroom"
New York school kids compete in Ballroom dancing.
video promo

"Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom"
1975 film centered around Ballroom.

"Shag"
Featuring Carolina style Swing called Shag set in the '60's.

"Burn The Floor"
$10,000,000 Ballroom Dance Extravaganza!

"Mad About Mambo"
High school student uses dancing to improve footwork for sports.

"Salsa"
VERY 1980's!
Bad acting but they could dance OK.

"The Tango Lesson"
1997 Drama/Romance story featuring Argentine Tango.

"Dance With Me"
1998 film Starring Vanessa Williams & Chayanne.
Ballroom & Salsa. Trailer

"Shall We Dance"
Japanese version
Very Good! Subtitled

"Shall We Dance"
2004 American version
Also good Ballroom movie... Trailer
R. Gere interview

"Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School"
more from Amazon.com
see the Trailer...

"Take the Lead" Hip Hop meets Ballroom. Based on the true story of Pierre Dulaine. see trailer...	"Don't Knock The Rock" 1956 Rock and Roll film featuring the eras best W.C.S. & Jitterbug dancers. watch it here.	"Love N' Dancing" 2009 film about a former West Coast Swing dance champion and devoted student. (Not so good.) Trailer
		On YouTube: Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell in one of their best performances . . .